by Abriel | Jul 5, 2020 | 2020, Decent Work & Economic Growth, What Inspires You?
Some undergraduates have been forced to be more resourceful in hunting down internship opportunities, as companies withdraw offers and overseas programmes grind to a halt. In April, Yale-NUS College student Adriel Yong created a spreadsheet of about 300 internship...
by Abriel | Jul 3, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being
17,100 volunteers have stepped forward to join Singapore’s COVID-19 fight. Of those who have signed up as of 11 June, more than 4,000 did so in the month before that, said the Ministry of Health (MOH), which manages the programme through its volunteering arm SG...
by Abriel | Jul 1, 2020 | 2020, Climate Action
More vending machines that accept plastic and aluminium drink containers and then dispense discount vouchers have been rolled out at locations islandwide over the past two days. The 34 new “reverse” vending machines, which add to the existing network of...
by Abriel | Jun 29, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Mr Wesley Wee, 41, who was born with cerebral palsy, had been selling packets of tissue from his wheelchair in Orchard Road for years. However, his finances were badly hit when he could not leave his flat because of the circuit breaker measures. He is among those who...
by Abriel | Jun 29, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For the past two months, airport transfer driver Rahim Abu Bakar has been chauffeuring unusual guests in his limousine: packaged meals. In the morning, he loads around 50 packets of food into the black Mercedes E-Class and makes his rounds to migrant worker...
by Abriel | Jun 29, 2020 | 2020, Zero Hunger
Children from local charity Children’s Wishing Well were delighted to receive sandwiches and fresh loaves of bread from the Gardenia “Maskcot” and five employees of the bread brand. Gardenia Singapore also donated $100,000 to the charity, as part of its...
